Huck is back . . . Taken for a son by Widow Douglas; struggling against the society and its attempts to ' sivilize' him. Escaping his alcoholic father by faking his death, we join him as he voyages down the Mississippi River seeking liberation. Finding his way to Jackson's island he meets Jim, Mrs. Watson's runaway slave. What happens as they team up, capture a raft, and encounter a seemingly haphazard array of people and situations? Immersed in deadly violence, finding tranquility only on the river with Jim, will Huckleberry Finn find the freedom and independence he is seeking? A direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it traces Huck's moral development as he moves from having an unthinking acceptance of received knowledge and values to developing an independently achieved understanding of what is right. A scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn defines the American Dream of young heroes. Sometimes ironic, sometimes mocking, sometimes boyish and exuberant, it is named among the Great American Novels.

トム・ソーヤーとの冒険で大金を得た後、学校に通い、まっとうな(でも退屈な)生活を送っていたハック。そこに息子を取り返そうと飲んだくれの父親が現れ、ハックはすべてから逃れようと筏で川に漕ぎ出す。身を隠した島で出会ったのは主人の家を逃げ出した奴隷のジムだった...。